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    "id": 790754,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/790754/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wangaya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13368,
        "legal_name": "Christopher Aseka Wangaya",
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    "content": "Data is important in ensuring transparency in the distribution of national resources. We have a problem in this country because some areas are enormous and have been allocated more resources based on data that is not substantiated. We have areas in this country where it is very difficult to get a birth certificate but it is very easy to get it in other areas. I represent people in Khwisero Constituency. Twenty years down the line since Khwisero was made district headquarters, we have never had an officer in charge of civil registration posted there. The challenge may not be district or constituency levels but it is the number of employees who are there in the Department of Civil Registration. It is a simple thing. The Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and the Department of Civil Registration should employ Kenyans and post them as civil registrars in every constituency. More so, we can even devolve this to our respective wards. As a leader, it pains me at times. I know you also represent a constituency. People travel for many kilometres to look for a birth certificate which is a vital document. My people in Khwisero travel to Butere District to get it. People from Matungu go to Butere District to get it. Thirty three or 34 districts converge in one district to look for a vital document. The Department of Civil Registration should employ people, post them to these district headquarters and facilitate the acquisition of this document."
}